The Zoo.
‘Of course it’s a bloody lie. It’s an advertising campaign.’
James Marlowe has a gift for selling people things they don’t need. As he strives to meet the demands of rival colleagues, amoral clients and his young family, James has to raise his game. A cocktail of cocaine and alcohol fuels his ambition, but when body and mind can’t take any more, he plunges into a surreal world darker than the one he’s fallen from.
‘‘Grippingly dark and ultimately moving.’ Alison Moore
‘A little Mad Men and a lot American Psycho.’ The Skinny
One of those rare books that you have to read a second time the moment you reach the end – no small feat for a debut novel. This could well be the next Bret Easton Ellis.’ Staff recommendation, Waterstones
‘a convincing portrait . . . engrossing,’ Book Oxygen
‘A truly exceptional debut novel . . . sure to be one of the big hits of 2015,’ The Book Trust
I’ve adapted The Zoo into a screenplay and it has been doing well in film festivals around the world:
